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LifeWorks! goes virtual with online employment readiness training
When the LifeWorks! employment readiness workshop started this month for 12 recently incarcerated clients, the classroom looked and felt a bit different. Clients still worked on their resumes, learned about daily living and meeting skills, and participated in mock job interviews. But instead of convening in a meeting room at the Goodwill Opportunity Campus, they…
Read MorePause with Patrice: An update on CCT during COVID-19
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” — Brene Brown As a first-time nonprofit executive director, I never imagined vulnerability would emerge as a defining leadership skill during my first 90 days at the Center for Community Transitions. I also never envisioned leading big,…
Read MoreCCT awarded $50,000 through COVID-19 Relief Fund
Thanks to United Way of Central Carolinas and the COVID-19 Relief Fund, CCT was awarded a generous $50,000 grant to support our clients and operations during the pandemic. These grant dollars will go towards funding increased staffing and food and supplies at our Center for Women. Our residents are now at the facility 24/7 due to the…
Read MoreE-Learning: The New Normal
We’re also embracing the new normal by building an e-learning platform to help us continue serving our clients virtually. The platform is enhancing the way we do business by providing opportunities for us to engage with clients through technology. Thanks to a partnership with Digital Charlotte, we secured five laptops before the initial COVID-19 impact. Two…
Read MoreWays to support CCT during COVID-19
We sent an appeal last month requesting financial donations to help our clients during COVID-19. To date, we’ve raised $1,150 to purchase cell phones for recently released clients so they can connect with CCT, family members, potential employers and other critical resources. Funds raised will also help pay for EVERY Tuesday meals and much-needed medical…
Read MoreThank you Build People Not Prisons event sponsors, committee members and ticket purchasers!
As we announced last month, we had to postpone our annual Build People Not Prisons fundraising event that was to take place on March 26. We want to express, again, sincere gratitude to our event sponsors and ticket purchasers. Also, a big thank you to our fantastic event planning committee for volunteering their time and support: Jenny…
Read MoreCOVID-19 update from Executive Director Patrice Funderburg
In light of the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to protect the health of our staff, clients, volunteers and supporters, we’re suspending all Center for Community Transitions programming and events until further notice. This includes: Families Doing Time (Third Tuesday Family Night, literacy tutoring and cultural excursions). Center for Women onsite dinners from the…
Read MoreThanks for making our Give a Chance for Change year-end fundraising campaign an incredible success!
Thanks to each of you who donated to our Chance for Change Giving Tuesday and year-end fundraising campaign! Over 150 generous donors contributed $55,000 to the Center for Community Transitions. These dollars will go directly towards strengthening our programs and services that help formerly incarcerated men and women transform their lives, as well as provide…
Read MoreJoin our 2020 Build People Not Prisons event planning committee
Our 3rd Annual Build People Not Prisons Spring fundraising event is Thursday, March 26th at Warehouse 242 in West Charlotte. We need volunteer committee members, like YOU, to help plan this event. The committee will meet bi-weekly up until the event on March 26. The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at…
Read MoreMyra Clark retires from CCT; Patrice Funderburg named new executive director
Myra Clark has retired as executive director of the Center for Community Transitions (CCT) after leading the organization for 22 years. Patrice Funderburg, former CCT board co-chair and local criminal justice advocate, was named new executive director effective Jan 1, 2020. Clark, who first joined CCT in 1988 as program director for the Center for…
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